Flora of North America species comparison

branched, tomentose.

often with auriculate stipules;

petiole 5 mm;

blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 10–15 × 2–4 cm, base attenuate or cuneate, margins serrate or subentire, apex acute or acuminate, abaxial surface tomentose, adaxial glabrous or glabrescent.

terminal, tapered-spicate or narrowly paniculate thyrses, 10–20 × 2–4 cm, cymes almost encircling inflorescence axis, 10–25 pairs, 3–30-flowered.

essentially absent;

bracteoles present.

fragrant;

calyx sparsely hairy externally, tube 1.5–2 mm, lobes 0.5–1.5 mm;

corolla straight, violet or pink, rarely white, often with yellow-orange eye, salverform, tube 8–10 mm, lobes suborbiculate, 2–3 × 2–3 mm;

stamens inserted medially in corolla tube, included in tube;

ovary ovoid, 2 mm, glabrous or puberulent;

stigma clavate, 1 mm.

capsules, brown, narrowly ellipsoid, 5–9 × 1.5–2 mm, glabrous or puberulent, dehiscence primarily septicidal.

threadlike, 3–4 × 0.5 mm, wings long.

= 76.